X-Message-Number: 21088 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: identical Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 17:54:31 -0000 How about: Two objects are identical if when you change one the other changes as well. I know that this is nonsense in normal every day terms, but people seem to have been discussing here the possibility that two apparently separate particles are really one and the same if certain physical conditions are met. Given that you have two separate particle that you can somehow say are identical, then it seems a reasonable test for "identicality" to change a parameter of one and see if the parameters of the other change as well. I know this isn't too easy since measuring anything changes it, but it may be possible to devise at least a thought experiment along these lines. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy, Nomad .. and more Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21088